It means I’ve been changed, fundamentally and permanently. It means I cannot be put back to what I was. That’s why I am B: I cannot be put back to wh… - Daniel Quinn

I guess this is what you mean when you say that if the world is saved, it will be saved by people with changed minds. People with unchanged minds will say, 'Let's minimize the effects of pushing the button.' People with changed minds will say, 'Let's throw the box away!'

That’s what governments are there for, to keep good things from happening.

One thing I know people will say to me is 'Are you suggesting we go back to being hunter-gatherers?'
"That of course is an inane idea," Ishmael said. "The Leaver life-style isn't about hunting and gathering, it's about letting the rest of the community live—and agriculturalists can do that as well as hunter-gatherers."